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Alan Jones & Cathy Owen

New pubs revealed as Wetherspoons announces £200m investment to create 10,000 jobs

Pub chain Wetherspoons has announced it is going to invest more than £200 million in pubs and hotel over the next four years, creating 10,000 jobs.

One of the areas to benefit will be Prestatyn in north Wales which is set to get a new pub.

The company has said new pubs and hotels will be opened, and existing pubs across the UK and Republic of Ireland will be enlarged.

Most of the investment will be channelled into developments in small and medium-sized towns, but will also include larger towns and cities.

These are set to include new pubs in Bourne in Lincolnshire; Waterford in Ireland; Hamilton in Scotland; Ely in Cambridgeshire; Diss in Norfolk; Felixstowe in Suffolk; Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire; and the one Prestatyn in North Wales.

Speaking about the Prestatyn site, a spokesman said they had a site in the town and a deal needs to be agreed, but it is "definitely the company's intention to open a pub in the town."

It will also be investing in major cities including London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Leeds and Galway.

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin who is a major Brexit supporter (Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire)

Wetherspoons founder and chairman Tim Martin said: "We are looking forward to opening many more new pubs as well as investing in existing pubs over the next four years.

"We are especially pleased that a large proportion of the investment will be in smaller towns and cities which have seen a decline in investment in recent years.

"The fact that we will be creating approximately 10,000 jobs is great news too."

Wetherspoons operates 875 pubs and 58 hotels across the UK and Republic of Ireland and employs 44,000 staff.

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